Lesson 04 - The Flood – Genesis 6:1–8:22
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OPEN IT
1. When have you had to prepare carefully for something important?
EXPLORE IT
2. What was happening on the earth when human beings began to multiply? (Gen.6:1-4)
3. How did the Lord describe the condition of the human race? (Gen.6:5-7)
4. What distinguished Noah from the people around him? (Gen.6:8-10)
5. How did God describe the earth in Noah's day? (Gen.6:11-12)
6. What did God tell Noah He was going to do, and why? (Gen.6:13)
7. What instructions did God give Noah for building the ark? (Gen.6:14-16)
8. What covenant promise did God make to Noah? (Gen.6:17-22)
9. What did the Lord tell Noah to do when the flood was about to come? (Gen.7:1-5)
10. What happened when the floodwaters came on the earth? (Gen.7:6-24)
11. What did God do for Noah after the flood had covered the earth? (Gen.8:1-5)
12. How did Noah determine when the waters had receded? (Gen.8:6-14)
13. What did God tell Noah to do when it was time to leave the ark? (Gen.8:15-19)
14. What did Noah do after he left the ark, and how did the Lord respond? (Gen.8:20-22)
GET IT
15. What does Noah's obedience teach us about trusting God?
16. Why is it dangerous to ignore God's warnings?
APPLY IT
17. How can you remain faithful to God even when the world around you ignores His warnings?
Explore It Answers
This section is designed to prompt thoughts about how and why to derive each scripture-based answer, so the actual answer is based upon individual study and may not be fully disclosed here. Here, also, are parallel verses for the key scripture texts.
Biblical Answer 2
What was happening on the earth when human beings began to multiply? (Gen.6:1-4)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:1-4 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 9:13; Isaiah 54:9-10; Revelation 4:3
Biblical Answer 3
How did the Lord describe the condition of the human race? (Gen.6:5-7)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:5-7 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6; James 3:9
Biblical Answer 4
What distinguished Noah from the people around him? (Gen.6:8-10)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:8-10 | Parallel Texts: Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:26-27; 1 Peter 3:20
Biblical Answer 5
How did God describe the earth in Noah's day? (Gen.6:11-12)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:11-12 | Parallel Texts: Matthew 24:37-39; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 Peter 3:6
Biblical Answer 6
What did God tell Noah He was going to do, and why? (Gen.6:13)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:13 | Parallel Texts: Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:26-27; 1 Peter 3:20
Biblical Answer 7
What instructions did God give Noah for building the ark? (Gen.6:14-16)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:14-16 | Parallel Texts: Psalm 24:1; Acts 17:28; Romans 14:12
Biblical Answer 8
What covenant promise did God make to Noah? (Gen.6:17-22)
Key Scripture: Genesis 6:17-22 | Parallel Texts: Genesis 9:13; Isaiah 54:9-10; Revelation 4:3
Biblical Answer 9
What did the Lord tell Noah to do when the flood was about to come? (Gen.7:1-5)
Key Scripture: Genesis 7:1-5 | Parallel Texts: Psalm 24:1; Acts 17:28; Romans 14:12
Biblical Answer 10
What happened when the floodwaters came on the earth? (Gen.7:6-24)
Key Scripture: Genesis 7:6-24 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Biblical Answer 11
What did God do for Noah after the flood had covered the earth? (Gen.8:1-5)
Key Scripture: Genesis 8:1-5 | Parallel Texts: James 1:19-20; Proverbs 15:1; Ephesians 4:31-32
Biblical Answer 12
How did Noah determine when the waters had receded? (Gen.8:6-14)
Key Scripture: Genesis 8:6-14 | Parallel Texts: Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:26-27; 1 Peter 3:20
Biblical Answer 13
What did God tell Noah to do when it was time to leave the ark? (Gen.8:15-19)
Key Scripture: Genesis 8:15-19 | Parallel Texts: Matthew 24:37-39; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 Peter 3:6
Biblical Answer 14
What did Noah do after he left the ark, and how did the Lord respond? (Gen.8:20-22)
Key Scripture: Genesis 8:20-22 | Parallel Texts: Romans 12:18; Proverbs 16:7; Matthew 5:9
Commentary Summary
In Genesis 6:1-8:22, The Flood highlights doctrinal themes such as God’s character, human accountability, and the certainty of His redemptive purpose. From Noah we learn patience and faith. The emphasis is theological, asking what the text teaches about creation, covenant, judgment, grace, salvation, and the trustworthiness of God. This summary is designed to identify the major truths being taught, not merely repeat the narrative details. It therefore reads as a concise doctrinal overview suitable for the commentary summary section.
In The Flood, the flow of Genesis 6:1-8:22 emphasizes practical faith, obedience, and response to God. Noah took more than a hundred years to build the ark. The focus here is pastoral and applicational, showing how the lesson challenges the reader to trust, repent, endure, worship, and walk in obedience. This summary is intentionally more devotional and exhortational so it does not simply duplicate the doctrinal wording used in the other commentary summaries. It aims to sound more like a practical Bible study note directed toward daily Christian living.
Within the broader storyline of Genesis and the Bible as a whole, Genesis 6:1-8:22 helps move forward the pattern of promise, failure, mercy, and restoration that runs through Scripture. He patiently worked and witnessed to the people who rejected his message (2 Peter 2:5). This summary is shaped to sound more like a Bible Project overview by emphasizing literary flow, biblical themes, and how the lesson contributes to the unified story of Scripture. The goal is to locate the passage in the wider narrative rather than repeat the same doctrinal or devotional emphasis.
Last Week
The name Kenan may be a variation of the name Cain. The name Mahalalel is Hebrew for ‘praise of God' or ‘praising God.' Verses 18-20. Perhaps the least prominent man in this genealogy is Jared, whose name may mean ‘slave.' Verses 21-24.
This Week
THINK ABOUT THIS: From Noah we learn patience and faith. Noah took more than a hundred years to build the ark. He patiently worked and witnessed to the people who rejected his message (2 Peter 2:5).
Next Week
A few of Joktan's sons can be associated with known places, but most are probably associated with Arabia. Sheleph has been associated with the Yemenite tribes called Salf or Sulf. Hadoram is the area of Hadramaut east of Yemen.
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